The three women scholars who have been promoted to new leadership roles are Mina Sartipi at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Pei-Fang Hung at California State University, Long Beach, and Nam-Kyu Park at the University of Florida.
Kecia Williams Smith was named dean of the College of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University. Nicole Hand is the new dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at Murray State University in Kentucky and Rebecca Reed Kantrowitz was appointed interim dean of the Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University in New York.
The women selected for new endowed positions in the academic world are Valerie Thomas of Virginia Tech, Shailey Mahendra of the University of California, Los Angeles, Esther Freeman of Harvard Medical School, and Laura Marcu of the University of California, Davis.
Dr. Brown is the new interim provost at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. She currently serves as the university's associate vice chancellor for academic and faculty affairs.
The women taking on new faculty positions are Paola Ehrmantraut at the University of St. Thomas, Alicia Moore at Southwestern University, Kalenda Eaton at the University of Oklahoma, and Shannon Duvall at Elon University.
Linda Haddad was named dean of the Mennonite College of Nursing at Illinois State University, Jennifer Gwilym was named interim senior dean of the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine at Ohio University, and Linda Weglicki was appointed interim dean of the College of Nursing at Michigan State University.
Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, has announced the appointments of eight faculty members to endowed chairs. Four of the appointments went to women: Molly McNicoll, Amy Weldon, Jodi Enos-Berlage, and Charlotte Kunkel.
The appointments are Mansi Kasliwal at the California Institute of Technology, Haley Oliver at Purdue University in Indiana, Jan Eberth at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Aunpama Pasricha at St. Catherine University in Minnesota.
The new deans are Cheree Daniels are Texas Southern University, Britt Hudson at Purdue University Northwest, Jeannie Leavitt at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Poonam Arora at Babson College.
Tracy Crane of the University of Miami in Florida, Tamara Moore of Purdue University in Indiana, and Aimee Johnson of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvaniahave been appointed to endowed faculty positions at their institutions.
"Marquette’s commitment to the search for knowledge through curiosity, research, and innovation creates a special environment in which to learn and grow," said Dr. Tahmassebi. "I look forward to engaging in that pursuit through my role and hope to maintain and enhance the academic and student experience at Marquette University."
The appointments are Christina Tran at Roseman University of Health Sciences in Nevada, Amanda Boyd at Washington State University, Angela Lewellyn at Elon University in North Carolina, and Kristi Lewis at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia.
